Posted on 05/13/2023 6:03:20 AM PDT by CFW
An eight-year-old girl was rescued after her brother shot a 17-year-old kidnapper with a sling shot in Michigan.
The girl, who has not been identified, was on a mushroom hunt near the woods just outside of Alpena Township in the northern part of the state, police say.
The victim's uncle posted on Facebook that the 17-year-old male suspect had a 'black mohawk' and had come out of the woods, covered the young girl's mouth and then tried to drag her away.
Her 13-year-old brother saw the tussle from inside the family's home and took action, grabbing his slingshot and firing objects at the would-be kidnapper's head and chest.
'That caused him to let go,' said Lieutenant John Grimshaw, commander of the local post of the Michigan State Troopers.
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The victim's brother was credited for his heroism and making it easier for police to identify the suspect.
'What he did also helped us to identify who the suspect was, because obviously he had injuries from getting hit with a slingshot,' Grimshaw said.
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great story! Glad to read that.
Alvin Bragg is recommending prosecution.
Sorros DA to charge kid with assault and battery with a deadly weapon...
GMTA
The brother will soon be arrested for saving his sister. Pretty sure it’s illegal to use an assault slingshot to save someone from being assaulted. This could be the beginning of a protest against slingshots and their use in the commission of an assault against an assaulter! And when we all wonder how the justice system became so convoluted just remember...”elections have consequences”. Even the election of your local prosecuters.
Alvin the Hutt would be if this had occurred in New York City!
I wouldn’t be surprised if that happens.
Alvin is a weaponized Negro
The abductor said he wanted to take her away and severely beat her!! How evil!
Her brother was amazing with that slingshot.
liberal lawmakers will they propose laws banning slingshots now?
If it were in NYC the kid would be in jail, awaiting trial.
Good thing it was an AR “assault” Glock “automatic” slingshot. I just hope one of Michigan’s pancake mama prosecutors don’t charge the slingshot kid.
DA will prosecute slingshot boy and let the kidnapper go.
we need to bring back public executions
I never had a BB gun as a kid (probably a good thing) but to compensate, I got quite proficient with a slingshot. My dad never did figure out where all his 1/4” hex nuts went ;-) And speaking of that, if it became necessary to use it in self-defense, I figure a nutshot would be easier to make than an eyeshot...and have similar effectiveness.
Bragg will also charge the parents for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
There’s an old video on YouTube of an older man with a slingshot blasting hand tossed coins out of the air.
17 year old... slap on the wrist, he’ll be back. Maybe he’ll come up missing at some point. 200 years ago he might have been flogged into lunacy, chain ganged, or well hanged. Nowadays he will become something to fret over.
When perverts and predators are subjected to physical pain, they back off quickly. There is no nice way to deal with them.
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